Chapter 254 Did you really sell your mother?
"Mother, go with them, they'll give you food." Guo Bingwen's eyes darted around, wanting only to get rid of the old lady as soon as possible.
"Let's go." The madam smiled and looked the old lady up and down. To be fair, she was very well-maintained, with fair skin and no wrinkles.
He looked good, and the madam was naturally pleased.
"And what about you?" the old lady asked, slowly moving her feet and looking at Guo Bingwen.
“I have my own place to go, you go quickly, don’t worry about me,” Guo Bingwen urged.
The old lady followed the madam slowly with some suspicion. "Is this the way to the brothel?" The old lady suddenly stopped.
She turned to look at Kwok Ping-man, "My son, my son, I'm not hungry anymore. I'll go with you. I don't want to leave you."
As the old lady spoke, she walked towards Guo Bingwen's direction. The madam gave a wink to the two burly men behind her, and the men immediately blocked the old lady's path.
"What are you doing? What are you doing?" The old lady clutched her bundle tightly, struggling to break free. "My son is a scholar, destined to become an official."
"Aren't you afraid of losing your lives in the future if you act like this?"
The madam covered her mouth and chuckled, "Still thinking about your son? Can't you see your son has already sold you out?"
"You're talking nonsense! My son is filial and sensible, how could he possibly sell me?" The old lady struggled desperately and shouted loudly in Guo Bingwen's direction, "Son, son, hurry up, your mother is scared."
"Please save your mother, Bingwen!"
Guo Bingwen clenched his fists tightly, his back to his mother, his eyes red and he didn't say a word.
“Mom, how about letting my brother and I have a taste first?” one of the burly men said. “Damn it, I’ve been with so many girls, but I’ve never been with one this old.”
The madam glanced back and forth between the two burly men, then smiled and pointed at them with her fan, saying, "You men really can stomach anything."
"Since you two both want to try, it seems that the two taels of silver were not wasted. Perhaps it can even bring good profits to my Yihonglou."
The madam then looked at the old lady and said, "Old lady, if you behave well, I guarantee you'll live a life of luxury. If you don't, you'll get nothing."
"My Yihonglou is not a charity place. If you don't obey, I have plenty of ways to make you obey."
"You dare! You dare!" the old lady shouted anxiously, "I am the ancestor of the Guo family."
"The Guo family?" The madam thought for a moment, "Could it be the Guo family that divorced their husband?"
"Then there's nothing more to say."
The story of Guo Bingwen and his mother had spread throughout Cangzhou. Although the madam was in the sex trade, she also hated men who killed their wives to marry into wealth.
"If I had known, I wouldn't have given him even two taels of silver," the madam shouted at Guo Bingwen's retreating figure. "This young master Guo is truly remarkable."
"I will definitely spread the word about how Young Master Guo sold his mother to me in the future."
"The Jiang family is large and powerful. Young Master Guo was eating what was in their bowl while still eyeing what was in their pot. It's no wonder he capsized."
Guo Bingwen turned around angrily, his eyes red and his fists clenched tightly. He had just made a step forward when he saw the burly man who had taken two steps toward him, so he shrank back.
"My son, have you really sold your mother?" The old lady's lips trembled violently as she repeated, "Have you really sold your mother?"
“My son, I won’t eat or drink anymore. Please don’t sell me. I’ll go to work and support you. I’ll go farm. Shall we go back to our village?”
Guo Bingwen's facial muscles twitched, and he suddenly turned around and strode forward, completely ignoring the old lady's heart-wrenching cries and the foul language of the two burly men behind him.
There was also the madam's admonition, "You two better be gentle with me, don't break her and make me lose money."
Kwok Ping-man walked until he could no longer hear any sound before stopping, then huddled in a corner until late at night before returning to the brothel.
He threw a fire into the woodpile in the backyard of the Yihong Pavilion, watched the raging flames and listened to the chaotic screams throughout the pavilion, and murmured to himself, "Mother, they have wronged you, your son will avenge you."
"As for you, you have already been defiled. For the sake of your son's future career, you should go down and join your father as soon as possible."
"Don't worry, your son will burn more paper money for you in the future. You can buy whatever you want then. Your son has no other wish but to ask you to bless me from below so that I may have a successful career and achieve great things."
After speaking, Guo Bingwen looked up at the top floor of Yihong Building. The fire had not yet spread to the top floor. The window of one of the rooms was open. The old lady was disheveled and had injuries on her face. Behind her, a drunken man grinned lewdly and whipped the old lady with the whip in his hand.
Unable to bear the humiliation, the old lady jumped from the top floor. As she fell into the fire, her eyes met those of Kwok Ping-man, filled with unspeakable resentment and disappointment.
The cold, desperate look in his eyes sent chills down Guo Bingwen's spine, and he quickly turned and stumbled away.
Jiang Wan Ning was almost in Beijing when she received the message.
"Your Highness, did you anticipate that Guo Bingwen would go to Princess Ping'an?" Haitang asked after reporting.
Jiang Wan Ning played with the jade thumb ring on Pei Yan Chuan's hand and said calmly, "I thought of everything else, but I never expected that Guo Bing Wen would actually sell his mother to Yi Hong Lou in the end."
Where did Kwok Ping-man go?
"The people sent to follow him reported back that Guo Bingwen was eating wild fruits to fill his stomach and drinking river water. He was saving every penny and seemed to be heading towards the capital."
“Princess Ping’an’s men have been pursuing us relentlessly, and are secretly protecting us as you instructed.”
After Haitang finished speaking, Shaoyao, who had been focused on eating her cake, asked in confusion, "Your Highness, why are you protecting Guo Bingwen? Wouldn't it be better if he were killed?"
"We can take this opportunity to cause trouble for the Grand Princess, since she dotes on her daughter the most."
Jiang Wan Ning looked up, reached out and gently pinched Shao Yao's nose, and chuckled, "Not bad, our Shao Yao knows how to scheme against others now."
"However, with just this, the Grand Princess will surely be able to protect Princess Ping'an."
"What I want is for Princess Ping'an to die, so that the Grand Princess can experience the pain of losing her daughter." Otherwise, how can she avenge her past life's grudge?
"Make sure Kwok Ping-man gets to Beijing smoothly, and secretly help him meet the Emperor so that he can file a complaint with the Emperor."
When Guo Bingwen went to the capital, he certainly didn't come to ask Princess Ping'an for help; to save his life, he had no choice but to appeal to the emperor.
"Can we accuse Princess Ping'an of murder? There's no evidence. It's just killing someone. With the Grand Princess involved, how could they really take Princess Ping'an's life?"
"Who says that appealing to the emperor can only be done this way?"
"When Guo Bingwen pushed Princess Ping An into the water, he saw her body. In addition, Guo Bingwen must have had letters in his hand that corresponded with Princess Ping An."
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